Comparison of instant messaging clients
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Contents
General information
Client | Author, creator | First public release | Type | Latest stable version | License | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adium | Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg | 2001-09 | Multi-protocol | 1.5.10.2 (March 9, 2016[±] | )GPLv2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
aMSN | The aMSN team | 2002-05 | Single-protocol | 0.98.4 | GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AIM | AOL | 1997-05 | Single-protocol | 8.0.8.1 (April 6, 2015[±] | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ayttm | Colin Leroy and Philip Tellis | 2003-04 | Multi-protocol |
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GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BBM | BlackBerry Limited | 2006 | Single-protocol | 10.5.5.38 (BlackBerry 10) (31 October 2014[±]
8.5.1.8 (BlackBerry) (3 August 2014[±] )2.5.0.36 (Android) (10 November 2014[±] )2.5.0.26 (iOS) (31 October 2014[±] ) |
) Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BitlBee | Wilmer van der Gaast | 2002-08-09 | Multi-protocol IRC gateway | 3.4.1 (16 June 2015[±] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bombus | Eugene Stahov | 2005-01-05 | Single-protocol | v0.6 (2008 | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Centericq | Konstantin Klyagin | 1999 | Multi-protocol | 4.21.0 (September 2, 2005[±] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coccinella | Mats Bengtsson | 1999-12-01 | Single-protocol | 0.96.16 (December 1, 2009 | )GPLv3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
eBuddy | Paulo Taylor | 2003-03-09 | Multi-protocol | 2011 | Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
emesene | Luis Mariano Guerra | 2006-05-24 | Multi-protocol | 2.12.5 | GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Empathy | The GNOME Project | 2007-05 | Multi-protocol | 3.12.11[1] (October 14, 2015 ) [±] | GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
FaceTime | Apple Inc. | 2010 | Single-protocol | 2.0 (July 25, 2012 | )Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fire | Eric Peyton | 1999-04-01 | Multi-protocol | 1.5.6 (February 16, 2006) [±] | GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Firetalk | Multitude Communications | 1997 -2001 | voice/music chat program | GPL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gadu-Gadu | Łukasz Foltyn / GG Network S.A. | 2000-08-15 | Single-protocol |
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Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gajim | Yann Le Boulanger | 2004-05-21 | Single-protocol | 0.16.5 (December 28, 2015[±] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Google Hangouts | Google, Inc. | 2013-05-15 | Single-protocol | Clickwrap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hookt | Hookt, Inc. | 2011-09-14 | Single-protocol | Proprietary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hike | Bharti SoftBank | 2012-12-12 | Single-protocol | Freeware | |||||||||||||||||||||||
IBM Lotus Sametime | IBM, Ubique | 1998 | Multi-protocol — proprietary T.120, SIP, XMPP | 9.0.0 (September 20, 2013 | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
iChat | Apple Inc. | 2002-08 | Multi-protocol | 6.0.1 (1002) (February 1, 2012Messages | ), replaced byClickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ICQ | Mirabilis (AOL) | 1996-11 | Single-protocol | 8.0.5977 (December 14, 2012 | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
IMVU | Will Harvey | 2001-07 | Multiple-protocol | 3.0 | Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indoona | Tiscali S.p.A. | 2009 | Single-protocol | 3+ | Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Instantbird | Florian Quèze | 2007 | Multi-protocol | 1.5 (December 17, 2013[±] | )GPLv2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jitsi | Emil Ivov | 2003 | Multi-protocol | 2.8 (build.5426) (March 19, 2015[±] | )LGPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kadu | Kadu Team | 2001-08 | Multi-protocol | 2.0 (February 21, 2015 | )GPLv2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
KakaoTalk | Kakao Corp. | 2010-03-18 | single-protocol |
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Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kik Messenger | Kik Interactive | 2010-10 | Multi-protocol | 6.2 | Freeware | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kopete | Kopete Team | 2002-03-03 | Multi-protocol | 1.7.2 (October 13, 2015[±][6] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Libon | Orange S.A. | 2012-11-21 | Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | LINE Corporation | 2011 |
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Proprietary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MCabber | Mikael Berthe | 2005-06-07 | Single-protocol | 1.0.1 (January 27, 2016[±] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Meetro | Paul Bragiel & Samuel Stauffer | 2005 | Multi-protocol |
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Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Messages | Apple Inc. | 2012-07-25 | Multi-protocol | 8.1.3 (January 27, 2015 | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Microsoft Lync | Microsoft Corporation | 2005 | Single-protocol | 2013 (October 2, 2012 | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Miranda IM | Miranda IM project | 2000-02-06 | Multi-protocol | 0.10.48[7] (24 March 2016 ) [±] | GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MySpaceIM | MySpace | 2006-05-09 | Single-protocol | 1.0.754.0 (February 7, 2008 | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
naim | Daniel Reed | 1998-10-05 | Multi-protocol | 0.11.8.3.1 (July 9, 2007 | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nimbuzz | Evert Jaap Lugt | 2006 | Multi-protocol | Android: 3.7.1 (23 July 2015 ) [±][8] iOS: 4.1.0 BlackBerry OS: 4.0 Windows Phone: 1.1.8.1 |
Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Palringo | Palringo Ltd | 2006 | Single-protocol |
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Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Paltalk | 1998-06 | Multi-protocol | Version 10.2 Build 455 | Clickwrap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pidgin | Mark Spencer | 1998-11 | Multi-protocol | 2.10.12 (January 2, 2016[±] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Psi | Justin Karneges | 2001 | Single-protocol | 0.15 (October 3, 2012[±] | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
QIP | Ilgam Zyulkorneev | 2004 | Multi-protocol | QIP 2012 version 4.0 (build 8866) (27 November 2012 ) [±] | Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
QuteCom | QuteCom | 2004 | Multi-protocol | 2.2.1 (22 June 2011[12]) [±] | GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ricochet | Invisible.im | 2014-06 | Single-protocol | 1.1.2 (February 13, 2016[13]) [±] | BSD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sicher | SHAPE GmbH | June 2014 | Single-protocol | 1.1 | Freeware | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Signal | Open Whisper Systems | 2014-07 | Single-protocol | Android 3.16.0 (May 29, 2016[14]) [±] |
GPLv3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Skype | Skype Technologies, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation | 2003 | Single-protocol | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
List of releases
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Freemium (Adware) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spark (XMPP client) | Ignite Realtime | 2006-09 | Single-protocol | 2.7.7 (April 24, 2016[±] | )Apache_License | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Surespot | Surespot LLC | 2013 | Single-protocol | iOS 11 (September 24, 2015[29]) [±] |
GPLv3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Telegram | Telegram Messenger LLP | 2013 | Single-protocol | Android 3.9.0 (May 15, 2016[31]) [±] iOS 3.9 (May 15, 2016[32]) [±] |
GPLv2, GPLv3[37] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tencent QQ | Tencent Holdings | 1999-02 | Single-protocol | See current releases | Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
TextSecure | Open Whisper Systems | 2010-05 | Single-protocol | Discontinued (merged with RedPhone to become Signal) | GPLv3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Threema | Threema GmbH | 2012-12 | Single-protocol | iOS 2.6.0 (February 1, 2016 ) [±] [38] Android Windows Phone |
Proprietary commercial software | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tkabber | Alexey Shchepin | 2002-07-03 | Single-protocol | 1.1.2 (May 10, 2015 | )GPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tox | Tox Foundation | 2013 | Single-protocol | GPLv3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trillian | Cerulean Studios | 2000-07-01 | Multi-protocol | Windows: 5.6 (build 5) (May 27, 2015[±] )Mac OS X: Linux: Android: iOS: BlackBerry: Web-Based: Server: |
Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuenti | Tuenti | 2006 | Multi-protocol | Proprietary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Upptalk | Upptalk | 2010 | Dual-protocol | iOS 2.4 (November 26, 2014[41]) [±] Android 2.0.2 (February 12, 2014[±] |
Freeware | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Viber | Talmon Marco, Igor Megzinik, Sani Maroli and Ofer Smocha | 2010-12-02 | Single-protocol | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Freemium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tencent Holdings | 2011-01 | Single-protocol | iOS 6.3.8 (December 11, 2015[47][48]) [±] OS X 1.2.2 (August 18, 2015[49]) [±] |
Clickwrap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WhatsApp Inc. | 2009-08 | Single-protocol | Android: 2.16.16[56] (April 6, 2016[57]) [±] BlackBerry: 2.16.4 (March 3, 2016[58]) [±] |
Proprietary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wickr | Wickr Inc. | 2012-06 | Single-protocol | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Windows Live Messenger | Microsoft Corporation | 1999-07 | Dual-protocol | 2012 (v16.4.3508.205) (April 8, 2013[±] | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Xfire | Xfire Inc. | 2004 | Dual-protocol | 1.155 (March 20, 2013[±] | )Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yahoo! Messenger | Yahoo! | 1999-06-21 | Dual-protocol |
|
Clickwrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Zephyr | Project Athena | 1987 | Single-protocol | 2.0 | MIT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Client | Author, creator | First public release date | Type | Latest stable version | License |
Operating system support
The operating systems the clients can run on without emulation or compatibility layers.
Client | Desktop | Mobile | Other | ||||||||||||
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Windows | OS X | Unix-like | Haiku | Amiga | Windows Phone | Android | BlackBerry OS | iOS | Symbian | MeeGo | Java ME | WebOS | Web | VGCs | |
Adium | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BBM | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
AIM | Yes | Yes | Dropped | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
aMSN | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ayttm | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BitlBee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Bombus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Centericq | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
climm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Coccinella | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
eBuddy | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
emesene | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Empathy | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
FaceTime | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Fire | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Gadu-Gadu | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Gajim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Google Hangouts | Partial[lower-alpha 1] | Partial[lower-alpha 1] | Partial[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Hookt | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Hike | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
IBM Lotus Sametime | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
ICQ | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
IMVU | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Indoona | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Instantbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Jitsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unstable | Unstable | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KakaoTalk | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Kadu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Kopete | Yes[lower-alpha 3][62] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Line | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Messages | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MCabber | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Lync | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Miranda IM | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MySpaceIM | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
naim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nimbuzz | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Palringo | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Paltalk | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Pidgin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Psi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
QIP | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
QuteCom | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Signal | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Coming soon | No |
Surespot | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Skype | Yes | Yes | No[lower-alpha 2] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | PSP PSV XB1 |
Spark (XMPP client) | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 4] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Telegram | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Coming soon[63] | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Tencent QQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
TextSecure | No | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued (merged with RedPhone to become Signal) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Threema | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Tkabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Tox | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Trillian | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 2] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Tuenti | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Viber | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
No | Yes[64] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[65] | No | No | Yes[66] | No | |
Wickr | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Windows Live Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Xbox |
Xfire | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Yahoo! Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Yuilop | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Zephyr | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Client | Windows | OS X | Unix-like | Haiku | Amiga | Windows Phone | Android | BlackBerry OS | iOS | Symbian | MeeGo | Java ME | WebOS | Web | VGCs |
Desktop | Mobile | Other |
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Protocol support
Client | WLM[lower-alpha 6] | Y!M | AIM/ICQ[lower-alpha 7] | XMPP[lower-alpha 8] | IRC | IBM Lotus Sametime | Novell GroupWise Messenger | Gadu-Gadu | Xfire | Skype[lower-alpha 7] | MySpaceIM | SIP | Others | |
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Adium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 9] | Yes | No | MobileMe, Zephyr, NateOn, Tlen |
AIM | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 10] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
aMSN | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Ayttm | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BitlBee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A[lower-alpha 11] | Depends[lower-alpha 12] | No | Depends[lower-alpha 12] | ||||||
Centericq | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
climm | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 13] | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
eBuddy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
emesene | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Empathy | Yes | Depends[lower-alpha 12] | Yes | Yes | Depends[lower-alpha 12] | Yes | Depends[lower-alpha 12] | |||||||
Fire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Gajim | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IBM Lotus Sametime | No | Yes/No[lower-alpha 14] | Yes/No[lower-alpha 14] | Yes/No[lower-alpha 14] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
ICQ | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 13] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IMVU | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | IMVU |
Instantbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Netsoul |
Jitsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Kadu | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KDE Telepathy | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | KDE Talk, Telegram |
Kopete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 9] | No | No | SILC, WinPopup |
Messages | No | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 10] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | MobileMe |
Miranda IM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 15] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Tlen |
naim | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Lily |
Nimbuzz | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | Twitter, Facebook chat, Google Talk |
Palringo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
Paltalk | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
Pidgin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 15] | Yes | Yes | Battle.net, NateOn, SILC, Tlen, Zephyr |
QIP | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | MRA, XIMSS |
QuteCom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Skype | Partial | No | No | Partial[lower-alpha 16] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Spark (XMPP client) | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 15] | No |
Tencent QQ | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Tkabber | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Trillian | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 17] | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 17] | No | Yes[lower-alpha 17] | Yes[lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 17] | Yes[lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 17] | Yes[lower-alpha 17] | No[72][lower-alpha 17] | Yes | No | LinkedIn,[lower-alpha 17] Foursquare,[lower-alpha 17] ASTRA, VZ[lower-alpha 17] |
Windows Live Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[lower-alpha 16] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Yahoo! Messenger | Partial[lower-alpha 18] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Upptalk | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Zephyr | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Zephyr |
WLM | Y!M | AIM/ICQ | XMPP | IRC | IBM Lotus Sametime | Novell GroupWise Messenger | Gadu-Gadu | Xfire | Skype | MySpaceIM | SIP | Others |
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Client | Transports[lower-alpha 19] | File transfer (XEP-0096)[lower-alpha 20] |
Multi-user chat |
Link-local (XEP-0174) |
Jingle | ||
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File transfer[lower-alpha 20] | Voice calls | Video calls | |||||
Adium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
BitlBee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Bombus[73] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
climm | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Coccinella[74] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Telepathy-based[lower-alpha 21][75] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gajim[76] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jitsi | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kadu | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Kopete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Messages | No | Yes | Only join[lower-alpha 22] | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MCabber[77] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Nimbuzz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pidgin[78] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Except Windows[lower-alpha 23] | Except Windows[lower-alpha 23] |
Psi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Spark (XMPP client) | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes[lower-alpha 15] | Yes[lower-alpha 15] |
Tkabber[79] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Trillian | No | Yes | Only Windows[lower-alpha 24] | Only Windows[lower-alpha 24] | No | No | No |
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Features
Information on what features each of clients support.
Client | Number of features included | Toolkits or SDKs | File transfer | Proxy server | Graphical emoticons | Unicode (UTF-8) | Built-in games | Themes, skins | Plugin system | Third party add-ons | Scripting | Message logging | Voice messaging | Voice mail | Webcam support | Offline messaging | Remote desktop assistance | Whiteboard | RTL texting |
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Adium | 11 | Cocoa | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
AIM | 11 | W32/Cocoa | Yes | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | No | Yes | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | No | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | Yes/No[lower-alpha 25] | No | No | No |
aMSN | 14 | Tcl/Tk | Yes | http, socks5, msn gateway | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Ayttm | 9 | GTK2 | No | http, socks4/5 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial | Partial | No | No | No |
BitlBee | 3 | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | N/A | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Bombus | 10 | Java ME | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Centericq | 5 | ncurses | Partial | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
climm | 7 | line based | Yes | ? | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | N/A | No | ? |
Coccinella | 11 | Tcl/Tk | Yes | http, socks4/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
eBuddy | 6 | No | Partial | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Empathy | 12 | GTK3 | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Fire | 9 | Cocoa | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Gadu-Gadu | 8 | Qt | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | ? |
Gajim | 12 | GTK2 | Yes | http | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Google Talk | 8 | W32 | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Third party plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
IBM Lotus Sametime | 15 | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
ICQ | 12 | W32 | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
IMVU | 6 | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Partial[lower-alpha 26] | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Jitsi | 12 | Java | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Kadu | 10 | Qt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Kopete | 13 | Qt/KDE | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | With plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Messages | 11 | Cocoa | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 15] | ? |
MCabber | 4 | Curses | No | ? | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Miranda IM | 12 | W32 | Yes | Yes, socks4/5, http(s) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[lower-alpha 15] | No | Partial[lower-alpha 15] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Palringo | 3 | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Partial (picture capture only) | ? | No | No | ? |
Paltalk | 9 | N/A | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Pidgin | 7 | GTK2 | Partial | Yes, http, socks4/5 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial (XMPP in Linux) | No | Yes (XMPP in Linux) | Yes | No | Partial | Yes |
Psi | 6 | KDE/Qt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial (Icon sets only) | Not Yet | No | No | Yes | Partial (Linux & Unix) | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
QIP | 10 | W32, VCL | Yes | Yes, http(s), socks4/4A/5 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
QuteCom | 6 | Qt | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Skype | 12 | Qt/KDE, W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes/No[lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 25] | Yes |
Surespot | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Tencent QQ | 11 | W32 | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Telegram | 12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Tkabber | 13 | Tcl/Tk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Tox | 7 | Qt, GTK, Ncurses, WPF | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Trillian | 12 | W32, Cocoa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
Wickr | 7 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Windows Live Messenger | 15 | W32 | Yes | Yes, http, socks4/5, | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Xfire | 6 | W32 | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
Yahoo! Messenger | 11 | W32, Cocoa, GTK | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes |
Yuilop | 7 | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Partial | ? |
Client | Number of features included | Toolkits or SDKs | File transfer | Proxy server | Graphical emoticons | Unicode (UTF-8) | Built-in games | Themes, skins | Plugin system | Third party add-ons | Scripting | Message logging | Voice messaging | Voice mail | Webcam support | Offline messaging | Remote desktop assistance | Whiteboard | RTL texting |
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Client | Handwriting mode | Dockable | Multiaccount | Spell check | User-defined graphic emoticons | Animations | OAuth |
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Adium | Yes, receive only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | ? |
AIM | No | Yes | No | No | ? | Partial | ? |
aMSN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Ayttm | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
BitlBee | No | N/A | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Centericq | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
climm | N/A | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Coccinella | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Empathy | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Gajim | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Google Talk | Yes/No[lower-alpha 27] | Yes | Yes/No[lower-alpha 28] | No | No | Yes/No[lower-alpha 28] | No |
iChat | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
ICQ | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes, tZer | ? |
IMVU | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Jitsi | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Kadu | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes, emoticons | No |
Kopete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, emoticons | No |
Miranda IM | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
MySpaceIM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
naim | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Paltalk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pidgin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, emoticons, user icons | ? |
Psi | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
QIP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, emoticons | ? |
QuteCom | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Skype | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes, animated emoticons | ? |
Tencent QQ | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Tkabber | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, animated emoticons | No |
Trillian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, animated emoticons | ? |
Windows Live Messenger | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, animated emoticons, winks | ? |
Yahoo! Messenger | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
Client | Handwriting mode | Dockable | Multiaccount | Spell check | User-defined graphic emoticons | Animations | OAuth for client authorization |
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Secure messengers
The table describes an overview of those Instant Messenger Clients which send encrypted messages.
Client name | Development status | Open source client[lower-alpha 29] | Client- side encryption[lower-alpha 30] |
Distributed[lower-alpha 31] | Contact verification[lower-alpha 32] | Encryption ciphers | Forward secrecy[lower-alpha 33] | Multiple encryption[lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 35] | Encrypted groupchat[lower-alpha 36] | Encrypted file transfer[lower-alpha 36] | Public key and IP unrelated[lower-alpha 37] | Proxy /Tor[lower-alpha 38] | TCP[lower-alpha 39] | UDP[lower-alpha 39] | SCTP[lower-alpha 39] | Asynchronous encryp. communication[lower-alpha 40] | Encrypted client data[lower-alpha 41] | |||||||
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Symmetric[lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 42] | Asymmetric[lower-alpha 43] | Asym. key size[lower-alpha 44] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
RSA | DSA | ECC | NTRU | El Gamal | Default | Max. | ||||||||||||||||||
Adium | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No |
BitlBee | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46][lower-alpha 47] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ChatSecure | Active | Yes | Optional | Optional | Optional[lower-alpha 48] | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | Optional | ? | ? | ? | Optional | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
climm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Gajim[lower-alpha 49] | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46][lower-alpha 15] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
iMessage | Active | No[lower-alpha 50] | Yes[lower-alpha 48][lower-alpha 50] | No | No[lower-alpha 48] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No[lower-alpha 50] | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Jitsi | Active | Yes | Optional | Optional | Optional[lower-alpha 48] | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
Kik | Active | No[lower-alpha 45] | No | No | No[lower-alpha 48] | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | ? | ? | No[lower-alpha 48] | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No |
Kopete[lower-alpha 49] | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | No | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
MCabber[lower-alpha 49] | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Miranda IM[lower-alpha 49][lower-alpha 15] | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pidgin | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Optional | Optional | Optional[lower-alpha 48] | Optional[lower-alpha 46][87] | Optional[lower-alpha 15][88] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 4096 | Optional[lower-alpha 46][87] | ? | ? | Optional[87] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 51] | ? |
Psi[lower-alpha 49] | ? | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RetroShare | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Yes | Yes | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | 2048 | 4096 | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | No | Yes | Yes | No | Optional | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Ricochet | Active | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Sicher | Active | No[lower-alpha 45] | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | 2048 | 2048 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
Signal | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45][lower-alpha 52] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Partially[lower-alpha 54] | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | No | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | No | No | 2048 | 2048 | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 55] | Yes[lower-alpha 56] |
Surespot | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 57] | ? | No | No | 1024 | 2048 | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
Telegram (standard messages) | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | No | No | No[lower-alpha 48] | No | No | No | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | Optional |
Telegram (secret chats) | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Yes | No | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | 1024 | 2048 | Sort of[lower-alpha 58] | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Optional |
TextSecure | Discontinued[lower-alpha 59] | Yes[lower-alpha 45][lower-alpha 52] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Partially[lower-alpha 54] | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | No | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | No | No | 2048 | 2048 | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | Yes[lower-alpha 53] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[lower-alpha 55] | Yes |
Threema | Active | No[lower-alpha 48] | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | No | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Tkabber[lower-alpha 49] | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Tox | Active | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Trillian[lower-alpha 60] Not OpenPGP. | Active | No[lower-alpha 45] | ? | ? | ? | Optional[lower-alpha 46] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Optional; only on Windows, not supported[lower-alpha 46][lower-alpha 61] | ? | ? | Optional; only on Windows, not supported[lower-alpha 46][lower-alpha 61] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
WASTE | Discontinued | Yes[lower-alpha 45] | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | 1024 | 1024 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
Active | No | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | No | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | ? | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | ? | ? | ? | ? | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | No | ? | ? | ? | Work in progress[lower-alpha 62] | No | |
Wickr | Active | No | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | No | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes[lower-alpha 48] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Client name | Development status | Open source client[lower-alpha 29] | Client- side encryption[lower-alpha 30] |
Distributed[lower-alpha 31] | Contact verification[lower-alpha 32] | Encryption ciphers | Forward secrecy[lower-alpha 33] | Multiple encryption[lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 35] | Encrypted groupchat[lower-alpha 36] | Encrypted file transfer[lower-alpha 36] | Public key and IP unrelated[lower-alpha 37] | Proxy /Tor[lower-alpha 38] | TCP[lower-alpha 39] | UDP[lower-alpha 39] | SCTP[lower-alpha 39] | Asynchronous encryp. communication[lower-alpha 40] | Encrypted client data[lower-alpha 41] | |||||||
Symmetric[lower-alpha 34][lower-alpha 42] | Asymmetric[lower-alpha 43] | Asym. key size[lower-alpha 44] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
RSA | DSA | ECC | NTRU | El Gamal | Default | Max. |
Client Name | Encryption | OTR[lower-alpha 42] |
---|---|---|
AIM | Yes[lower-alpha 25][lower-alpha 60][lower-alpha 48] | ? |
aMSN | Yes[lower-alpha 60][lower-alpha 15] | ? |
Bombus[73] | Yes[lower-alpha 60] Not OpenPGP. | No |
Coccinella[74] | Yes[lower-alpha 60] Not OpenPGP. | No |
Centericq | Yes[lower-alpha 49] | ? |
eBuddy | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
Fire | Yes[lower-alpha 63] | ? |
Gadu-Gadu | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
IBM Lotus Sametime | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
IMVU | ? | ? |
Kadu | Yes[lower-alpha 60] Not OpenPGP. | Yes |
Messages | Partial[lower-alpha 64] Not OpenPGP. | No |
Paltalk | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
QIP | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
QuteCom | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
Skype | Sort of[lower-alpha 65][89] | ? |
Telepathy-based[lower-alpha 21][75] | Yes/No[90][91] Not OpenPGP. | ? |
Yahoo! Messenger | Yes[lower-alpha 60][lower-alpha 48] | ? |
Yuilop | Yes[lower-alpha 60] | ? |
Messengers with no encryption
Client Name | Encryption |
---|---|
Empathy[lower-alpha 21] | No |
Google Talk | No |
ICQ | No |
Mxit | No[lower-alpha 48] |
Nimbuzz | No[92] |
Palringo | No |
Tencent QQ | No[lower-alpha 48] |
Windows Live Messenger | No |
Xfire | No |
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See also
- List of video telecommunication services and product brands
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
- Comparison of LAN messengers
- Comparison of VoIP software
- LAN messenger
- List of SIP software
- Secure instant messaging
- Windows Messenger service
References
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1. App Store has been noted 17+, which means download only for seventeen years and older (for Apple ID holder).
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- ↑ Blackberry 10 Dev Contest. Telegram.org. Retrieved on 2014-11-20.
- ↑ WeChat announces native Mac client; Windows version may follow soonTechie News. Techienews.co.uk. Retrieved on 2014-05-22.
- ↑ using OpenWhatsApp
- ↑ using whatsapp web
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